When Patriotism Is the National Pastime
Thursday, September 11th, 2008 Posted in Politics, San Francisco | No Comments »
Yesterday the fog lifted in the middle of the day, and I headed down to the Ballpark That Dare Not Speak Its Name to watch the Giants battle the Diamondbacks. ... Read more..Living on the Edge of Ripeness
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008 Posted in Books, Economics, Environment, Politics, San Francisco, The Arts, labor | No Comments »
Over Labor Day weekend, Slow Food came to San Francisco. That's Slow Food, capitalized, as opposed to fast food, lowercased. Its arrival was preceded by a petition calling for a ... Read more..Killing Streets
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 Posted in MediaWatch, Politics, San Francisco | 2 Comments »
[As always, click on a thumbnail image to see it more clearly.] A headline in today’s San Francisco Chronicle reads Shooting victim dies --- another Mission fatality That makes seven in the past ... Read more..Have a Very Jolly Labor Day!
Friday, August 29th, 2008 Posted in Economics, MediaWatch, Politics, San Francisco, labor | No Comments »
If you're a traditionalist, you'll pack away your white clothes on Monday night: as Labor Day comes to an end, so does summer. If you're more of a traditionalist, you'll ... Read more..Killing the Messenger
Monday, August 25th, 2008 Posted in Economics, MediaWatch, Politics, San Francisco, Stories | No Comments »
The future of newspapers is a much-discussed topic these days. Print papers are struggling financially. Readership is down, and so is advertising, because people have found less expensive options on ... Read more..Searching with Candles — A Rug Riff
Friday, July 25th, 2008 Posted in San Francisco, Searching with Candles, Stories | No Comments »
[No politics today. Just a short short story, what the Japanese call a "palm-of-the-hand tale." Or a beginning.] Her eyes kept coming back to the pattern in the rug. It was a ... Read more..Noodling on the News — V Is for Versailles
Friday, July 18th, 2008 Posted in Environment, MediaWatch, Noodling, Politics, San Francisco, Stories | No Comments »
[As always, click on a thumbnail image to see it more clearly.] On the third planet from the sun, the following appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle on July 13: The green ... Read more..A Frame for Mission Dolores
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 Posted in Books, Politics, San Francisco, The Arts | 1 Comment »
I’ve been reading George Lakoff’s new book, The Political Mind. Lakoff set progressive politicians aback several years ago when he told published Don’t Think of an Elephant. He suggested then ... Read more..The Gold Standard
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 Posted in Politics, San Francisco | No Comments »
Friday is the Fourth of July. The day, in 1776, when thirteen little American colonies in completed a document announcing that they, are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, ... Read more..Summer in the City: Beginnings
Friday, June 13th, 2008 Posted in Fine Arts, MediaWatch, Politics, San Francisco, The Arts | No Comments »
Sumer is icumen in, the old song says. And quite a summer it promises to be. In addition to the usual games at City Hall, there will be June weddings, lots ... Read more..